Title: Error when saving settings
Last modified: February 16, 2025

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# Error when saving settings

 *  Resolved [rpeters78](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rpeters78/)
 * (@rpeters78)
 * [1 year, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-saving-settings-4/)
 * Hi, when I try to save settings I get this error as a popup
   “updraft_send_command:
   error: SyntaxError: Expected ‘,’ or ‘}’ after property value in JSON at position
   80 (line 1 column 81) (502)”
 * Also when on the general page i get popups like “Unexpected response: {“n”:”Existing
   backups 3<\/span>”,”t”:”
   \n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<th……“
 * Not sure what is going on here

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 *  Plugin Contributor [bcrodua](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcrodua/)
 * (@bcrodua)
 * [1 year, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-saving-settings-4/#post-18310106)
 * Hi,
   That usually means that on your webserver there is a security module which
   is blocking requests from UpdraftPlus, such as mod_security in Apache. You should
   speak to your webserver administrator (e.g. web hosting company) to ask them 
   how to turn it off, or how to allow the requests that it is blocking.Kind Regards,
   Bryle

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 * Last activity: [1 year, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-when-saving-settings-4/#post-18310106)
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